It was bad enough when Dolly Parton fan Diane Duffin blasted out her hits such as 9 to 5 at full volume every day.

But when she insisted on playing them from nine to five and well into the early hours, fed-up neighbours decided she should face the music.

Now Diane, 36 - who once blared out Dolly anthem D.I.V.O.R.C.E 20 times in a day - faces eviction after ignoring repeated council anti-noise orders.

Fellow resident Joanne Kempston said the 20-month campaign made her family's life "a living hell".

Mum-of-two Joanne, 33, fumed: "It usually started at around 11am and carried on until 1am the next morning. We couldn't get to sleep.

"My son was going to school and I was getting called to pick him up because he was so tired he was almost falling asleep. After that we had to take them to their grandma's to sleep. I considered moving but this is my home. I wasn't going to be forced out."

Police and council officials raided Diane's Leeds address on July 27 and seized a clutch of equipment, including five stereos, CDs and two TVs.

Officials began legal action to take out an Asbo and kick her out of her council home.

The mum of four was also given another noise abatement notice. But weary Joanne, who has kept a diary of her torment, claimed: "After they took her stereos she went out the next day, bought another and started again."

During the raid Diane and boyfriend Wayne Wonnacott, 26, were also arrested on suspicion of having and planning to supply hard drugs. They were later released on bail.

Joanne also accused her neighbour of further harassing her by banging on the wall and hurling missiles at her home.

She said: "I've had bottles smashed on my door. Beer cans have been thrown too. "One day my little boy was in his paddling pool in the garden and she threw a dead fish over the fence."

However, Diane, who also faces legal action for breaching earlier noise orders, blamed the music on her son Josh, 15, and his brothers. She claimed: "A lot of the time it's Josh who plays it." But she said her family were not unduly noisy and were being victimised.

She added: "We've been targeted since we moved in. They just want us out."

Cllr Steve Smith hailed the legal moves against Diane as an "excellent result" and added: "I hope this will bring some peace and quiet to her longsuffering neighbours."

Dolly FACT

Dolly was born Jan 19, 1946, the fourth of 12 children, in a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee